NARRATIVE ESSAY SCORING GUIDE
Meeting:
* Clearly focused
* Plot has unity
* setting established
* narrator/characters established
* point of view established
* logical sequence of event
* Consistent use of a variety of transitions
* Effective opening and closure for audience and purpose
* Thorough details, description and dialogue
* Uses sensory, concrete and figurative language to define purpose
* Clearly and effectively expresses experiences or events
Developing:
* Adequately focused
* Plot creates a sense of unity
* minor flaws
* ideas are loosely connected
* Setting, narrator/character and point of view established
* Some variety of transitions
* Appropriate opening and closure for audience and purpose
* Has details, description and dialogue
* Sensory, concrete and figurative language generally advances the purpose
* Has a sequence of events from beginning to end
Not Developed:
* Minor drift in focus
* little purpose
* Inconsistent plot
* flaws are evident* Setting, narrator/characters and point of view are inconsistently established
* Inconsistent use of transitions
* lacks variety
* Weak opening and/or closure
* Uneven/brief details, description and dialogue
* Weak use of sensory, concrete and figurative language
* Uneven sequence of events and/or experiences from beginning to end
No Evidence:
* Little or no focus
* brief
* little purpose
* Little or no evidence of plot
* lacks clarity
* confusing
* Few or no transitions
* frequent extra ideas included
* No evidence of opening and/or closure
* Little or no details, description and dialogue
* Limited language
Meeting:
* Clearly focused
* Plot has unity
* setting established
* narrator/characters established
* point of view established
* logical sequence of event
* Consistent use of a variety of transitions
* Effective opening and closure for audience and purpose
* Thorough details, description and dialogue
* Uses sensory, concrete and figurative language to define purpose
* Clearly and effectively expresses experiences or events
Developing:
* Adequately focused
* Plot creates a sense of unity
* minor flaws
* ideas are loosely connected
* Setting, narrator/character and point of view established
* Some variety of transitions
* Appropriate opening and closure for audience and purpose
* Has details, description and dialogue
* Sensory, concrete and figurative language generally advances the purpose
* Has a sequence of events from beginning to end
Not Developed:
* Minor drift in focus
* little purpose
* Inconsistent plot
* flaws are evident* Setting, narrator/characters and point of view are inconsistently established
* Inconsistent use of transitions
* lacks variety
* Weak opening and/or closure
* Uneven/brief details, description and dialogue
* Weak use of sensory, concrete and figurative language
* Uneven sequence of events and/or experiences from beginning to end
No Evidence:
* Little or no focus
* brief
* little purpose
* Little or no evidence of plot
* lacks clarity
* confusing
* Few or no transitions
* frequent extra ideas included
* No evidence of opening and/or closure
* Little or no details, description and dialogue
* Limited language